Danny O’Donoghue, Will.i.am and Jessie J hate it when The Voice acts sing their songs

Danny O’Donoghue finds it difficult when acts on The Voice have a go at performing songs by The Script (Picture: BBC)

EXCLUSIVE: Danny O’Donoghue, Jessie J and will.i.am can’t bear to listen when auditionees have a go at performing their tracks on The Voice.

A show insider told Guilty Pleasures: ‘Tom Jones is the only coach who really enjoys hearing his songs being covered by the acts. The others find it difficult to listen to as it’s very rare an act can get it right and do the song justice.

‘Danny especially can be very critical when an act comes out and sings The Script songs.’

Tom Jones is the only coach who enjoys hearing others singing his hits (Picture: BBC)

Giving feedback after one wannabe sings The Script’s For The First Time and a young girl belts out Jessie J’s Who You Are in scenes due to air on Saturday night, The Script frontman says: ‘Singing a coach’s song can go either way. You’re on a tightrope, you really are. If you are going to attempt a song so like the original, any variation or deviation from the melody in somebody’s mind is going to be deemed a mistake.’

Jessie agreed, adding: ‘You always have to either do a version that is really going to stand out from the original, or do something that is gonna be as good if not better.’